Google Said Set to Resolve FTC Antitrust Probe Tomorrow — Google Inc. (GOOG) will resolve a 20-month antitrust probe by U.S. regulators tomorrow with a voluntary agreement and a consent decree on the company's alleged misuse of patents, three people familiar with the matter said.

Ubuntu phone OS announced, first devices shipping in early 2014 — As already teased and promised, today Canonical is taking the wraps off the mobile version of Ubuntu, which is built around the existing Android kernel and drivers, but doesn't use a Java Virtual Machine and promises to use “the full power of the phone.”

Patent trolls want $1,000—for using scanners — When Steven Vicinanza got a letter in the mail earlier this year informing him that he needed to pay $1,000 per employee for a license to some “distributed computer architecture” patents, he didn't quite believe it at first.